[WikiEN-l] jguk case: amended FoF brought

Mon Jun 20 03:57:48 UTC 2005

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David Gerard wrote:
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> FoF 6:
> 
>   6) "CE" or Common Era has recently come to be preferred among scholars and
>   those who seek to avoid offense in inter-cultural dialog. "AD" spelled out
>   in its full original form is Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi ("in the year
>   of our Lord Jesus Christ) and thus potentially offensive, see research by
>   El_C.
> 
> FoF 6.01:
> 
>   6.01) "CE" or Common Era has recently come to be preferred among certain
>   portions of US academia and those who claim to seek to avoid offense in
>   inter-cultural dialog. "AD" spelled out in its full original form is Anno
>   Domini Nostri Iesu Christi ("in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ) and thus
>   regarded by them as potentially offensive, see research by El_C. This does
>   not necessarily hold elsewhere, e.g. in UK academia.
> 

Not sure about "recently", but 6.01 explains who is pushing this
particular POV a whole lot better.

> This sort of thing is why I am profoundly sceptical that content
> arbitration will not be an utter, utter disaster and just another hammer to
> use in pushing a POV.
> 

Which is exactly what content arbitration should avoid. Civility and
NPOV are the goals, aren't they?

> - d.
> 

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